Meeting Preview: Muskego Finance, Council Consider New Hours for Alcoholic Beverage Sales
Businesses have requested sales to be allowed at 6 a.m., which aligns with recent state legislation.
The Finance Committee will meet Tuesday night at 6:15pm at City Hall to begin a full slate of meetings there, including the Committee of the Whole (7pm) as well as the Common Council (7:30pm). Among the agenda items: Finance and (if approved) Common Council will review a request to amend Chapter 12 of the municipal code, which would mean that 'Class A' establishments could be allowed to set their hours based on state statutes. Recently, the state amended the legislation to allow for sales of alcoholic beverages at 6am (v. 8am), and selling until 12am (v. 9pm). While requests have been received to change hours for the opening of sales, businesses could conceivably ask for the midnight extension as well. The Committee of the Whole has one …